Arts and Crafts | Design - 22nd September 2026
Lot 99
Attr. to John Williams, An Arts and Crafts copper & enamel pot pourri casket & cover
Estimate £600 - £800 | Hammer £762
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Description
Attributed to John Williams for Fivemiletown, Ireland
An Arts and Crafts copper and enamel pot pourri casket and cover, circa 1910
the cover with central enamel rose surrounded by the pierced cover with an inscription 'GATHER YE ROSEBUDS WHILE YE MAY', the hammered bowl above stem with four enamel roses and further pierced decoration
inscribed to base 'Metal Works, Fivemiletown, Ireland'
17.5cm high, 16.5cm diameter.
Catalogue Notes:
John Williams was one of the founders and principal metalworkers at the Guild of Handicraft and later tutored and worked at Fivemiletown in Ireland.
See Lyon and Turnbull, Decorative Arts: Design since 1860, 25 October 2017, lot 50, for the same design in silver.